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TOPIK 2verb

마르다

mareuda

말라요 · 말랐어요 · 마를 거예요 · 마른 (+noun) (르 irregular)

to be thin, to be skinny; to dry, to dry up

Example

제 동생은 너무 말라서 걱정이에요.

My younger sibling is so thin that I'm worried.

Word parts

One verb, two senses: water 'drying up' and a body 'thinning out'.

Good to know

Use the past to describe someone: 말랐어요 'is thin'; and 목이 말라요 means 'I'm thirsty'.